The pilots of the Tourist Trophy are they trompe-la-mort … or celebrate-la-vie ?
Why risk your life by participating in the Tourist Trophy? The answer is in this excellent documentary! Shot during the 2018 edition of the TT, it draws the portraits of two drivers: the famous James Hillier and the unknown Dominic Herbertson. Strong emotions … sequence !
The question raised by the devilishly well-produced documentary "The Space Between" is simple: why, every year, men – and a few rare women – launch themselves into the Isle of Man on their own. motorcycles, close to death in each or almost each of the 200 turns on its 60 km route ?
In 2018 again, this "terrible" event cost the lives of two pilots: (30 years old) and (26 years old). Closer to us French biker, the Ulster Grand Prix contested this summer was fatal to …
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Despite these deaths and the many others that have preceded – or because of them, even thanks to them ?! -, road races continue to irresistibly attract competitors. They even attract more and more audiences, sponsors and television or film teams from all walks of life. !
This year for example, Americans attended the 99th edition of the Tourist Trophy in order to unravel the mystery of the "Moutain Course". Admittedly, as noted by an informed commentator on YouTube, their documentary contains some inconsistencies: Superbike motorcycles cubic 1000 cc and not 1200, Supersport mostly 600 instead of 750 cc … But that does not matter..
This documentary is part of a remarkable "Religion of Sports" series. Notably produced by one of the greatest US athletes, quarterback Tom Brady, it seeks to "discover the profound influence that sports have on different cultures and societies around the world, as well as the quasi-religious experience of enthusiasts".
This film (nearly an hour long, in a "very" original version, therefore subtitled in English for the attention of American viewers!) Only looks superficially on the races and their results: to follow all this after all, he there is already Site !
Like the cult feature film "", this episode offers total immersion in this extraordinary competition. We follow at the same time James Hillier, professional driver who rides for the win and nothing else, and Dominic Herbertson, private driver – lumberjack by profession – who seeks to integrate the Top10 to run for an official handlebars! He has since won the Junior Classic TT race.
Is "Jimbo" a mental patient and "Dom the bomb" a dark idiot? "I think that the idiot is the one who does not try this experiment", answers cleverly the second! Neither of these guys is suicidal: they are passionate, addicted, and deeply respectful of their fallen comrades..
The former pilot Milky Quayle who trains the "newcomers" – and had opened the road to Site during the memorable one – considers that one must live his short life to the full, otherwise one runs the risk of regretting not having taken enough advantage of it….
Frustrated to end his week of competition with a mechanical breakage, James Hillier is still immensely relieved to leave the Isle of Man in one piece, in the company of his pregnant partner and their two children. But he will come back next year !
For his part, Dominic Herbertson made his loved ones tremble by completing his own 2018 Tourist Trophy on a fall. A "good" fall, one from which you recover with only a few scratches. Did he scare himself? No. The one and only thing he fears is not being able to ride! He will also be at the start of the 100th Tourist Trophy…
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